Here's the lineup for this
year's Tuesdays in the Park concerts
June 10th Freshwater
Four
post-moderns playing raucous dance music, pop-inspired arrangements
of folksongs, and lots of free-spirited step dancing. Budd Greenman,
Nellie Schrantz, Nic Gareiss, and Bill Wiegandt all grew up in mid
Michigan. There, nurtured by the musicians in the local old time and
Celtic music circles, they began to absorb the traditions associated
with fiddle music and percussive dancing. Bill learned folksongs from
his father. Budd traveled wit his mother to fiddle jamborees, Nic
learned his first dance steps by watching his parents in their
kitchen, and Nellie attended Irish sessions and feisanna. As
FRESHWATER, their mission is to use the music they love to connect
with people of all ages and especially young people from traditional
music.
Call it
integrity, going against the grain, being niche-y, whatever. Delilah
Dewylde and the Lost Boys march to the country shuffle of a bygone
era; before country was on FM radio, before country artists had
personal trainers, and most certainly, before country sounded like
rock and roll with fiddle. Mixing self penned songs with old country
hits (and unknown gems) by such artists as Hank Williams, Webb
Pierce, Ernest Tubb, and Buck Owens to name a few, Delilah and the
Lost Boys come out on stage looking and sounding like a 45 year step
back in time. Dressed to the nines in the tradition of pre-color
television country singers and musicians, donning matching western
suits and playing the finest vintage musical instruments in the
finest old school way.
Zion Lion Reggae Band is the "baddest"
band to hit Kalamazoo. Zion Lion is a combination of several
bands from the Kalamazoo area who crossed each others path along the
way and decided to form what we believe to be the right mix of
reggae, zouk, soukous, and afo-latin influences.
Fronted by West
Michigan's legendary drummer, Tim Froncek, this group of 16 of the
area's top musicians plays charts from the classic era of the big
bands, up to today's best charts from the hottest writers. The band
was organized by Dave Collee, Ed Spier, and Matt Lintula, who wanted
a group able to play pro-level big band literature, and have fun
doing it! We have assembled a great bunch of area musicians who
enjoy the challenge of playing great charts in a large ensemble.
